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Bulgaria's GERB party refuses to form new cabinet

Xinhua, December 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

The GERB party, the largest party in Bulgarian parliament, on Friday refused the president's offer to form a new government, increasing the likelihood of early parliamentary elections.

On Friday, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev appointed GERB party leader Boyko Borissov as Prime Minister-designate to form a government, but Borissov immediately returned the mandate.

Should a Prime Minister-designate nominated by the second largest parliamentary group, BSP Left Bulgaria, also fail to form a government, Plevneliev shall entrust the task to one of the minor parliamentary groups.

Under the Bulgarian Constitution, if the parties in the parliament fail to form a new cabinet after the three attempts, the president shall appoint a caretaker government. If that's the case, early parliamentary elections would be held in late March or early April 2017.

The GERB party-led coalition government resigned in mid-November after the opposition-backed candidate Rumen Radev won the presidential election in the Balkan country. Endit